Tech

Your Vote Counts: Help Honor Government’s Bold Innovators

Take a look at Nextgov’s Bold Award finalists and cast your ballot for the People’s Choice award.

Defense One

Here's the App That's Hunting Down Terrorist Bomb-Makers

A secure photo and data-sharing platform brings Scotland Yard to your phone. By Patrick Tucker

Management

The CDC Is Using Twitter to Explain Ebola to the Masses

The health organization is condensing warnings and guidelines into 140-character snippets in a Monday chat.

Tech

Keith Alexander's Unethical Get-Rich-Quick Plan

Lots of government officials have found ways to monetize public service in the private sector, but none more audaciously than the former head of the NSA.

Management

Mitch McConnell's Musical Attack on EPA

The Senate minority leader recruited a reality-TV singer to fight the climate rules.

Nextgov

Want to Fix Federal IT Contracting? Don’t Just Focus on IT

Group calls for broad overhaul of the acquisition system writ large -- not just tech fix.

Nextgov

4 Reasons Why the Internet of Everything Will Require a New Breed of IT Pros

IoE will demand a workforce shift.

Nextgov

Agencies Still Plugging Gaps in Smart Card Security

An HHS audit detailed a total of six shortcomings with the agency’s handling of smart cards.

Tech

Head of CDC's Scandal-Plagued Lab Resigns

The lab exposed workers to live anthrax and deadly strains of bird fly by improperly transporting them.

Tech

IRS Chief Clashes With Republicans on Email Delivery, Role of IG

Lawmakers dispute agency’s cooperation in probe of alleged political targeting.

Nextgov

Embassies Get Phone System Upgrades Thanks to New $275M Contract

The task order will provide secure communications to more than 30 diplomatic posts.

Nextgov

Evaluate Aspiring Cyberwarriors Using Gaming, Not Grades

Former Navy Secretary wonders why federal recruitment focuses on formal education, when computer security positions require on-the-job learning.

Nextgov

NOAA Moves a Step Closer to More Accurate Weather Forecasts

The magnetometer is the fifth main instrument to fly aboard the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

Tech

One Lawmaker’s Crusade to Green the Federal Fleet

A New York congressman has been fighting for years to prevent agencies from buying cars that run on regular gasoline.

Tech

Religious Group Demands NSA Documents in Ethnic-Slur Probe

A new FOIA request is just the latest fallout of the Snowden leaks.

Tech

Snowden: NSA Employees Are Passing Around Nude Photos

“Regardless of what happens, if I end up in chains in Guantanamo, I can live with that,” the 31-year-old former NSA contractor said.

Nextgov

How Cyber Scary Is It Outside Today?

Nextgov's new iPhone app measures threat levels for every sector and dissects daily hacks.